| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,723,670,844 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
a priori |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.01 sec. |
|
a priori (formal) accepted without being thought about or questioned The existence of God is a priori for most people with a religious faith. In a court of law, a priori assumptions about guilt and innocence can be dangerous. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? References in classic literature |
|---|
No one would have guessed a priori that this movement of a middle-aged man's body would cause fish to come out of the sea into his larder, but experience shows that it does, and the middle-aged man therefore continues to go to the City, just as the cat in the cage continues to lift the latch when it has once found it. We should not A PRIORI have expected it, but it is undoubtedly a fact. We may trace them in language, in philosophy, in mythology, in poetry, but we cannot argue a priori about them. |
| Idioms and phrases |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|